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Business
Demand indicators for vans, reefers, flats up in the last week
An increase in the load-to-truck ratios for vans and reefers particularly indicates that rates on average could rise this week as the second quarter ends and a holiday weekend begins.
June 30, 2016
Channel 19
Rates hall of shame 2015: Bottom 10 U.S. states for outbound freight
Lookback on 2015 rates: As pricing fell off, these 15 states in van, flat and reefer segments ended the year with the worst rates for outbound loads, averaged over the year. Also: Examine interactive heat maps for regions showing better rates.
June 16, 2016
Business
Spot market update: ‘Genuinely good news’ for a change
Two-thirds of the 80 highest-volume van lanes got a rate increase in the past week alone, and flatbed markets in every region of the country are gaining some ground.
June 2, 2016
Channel 19
Rates down 10-15 percent so far in 2016
Where’s the fall in rates been the worst? The best? Find out here in charts for dry van, flatbed and reefer segments showing declines (and very few gains) for loads originating in each of the continental 48 states.
May 17, 2016
Business
Spot market rates finally respond after weeks of major-market load volume improvement
Freight and rates are picking up pretty much all over the country, but lanes favoring carriers (more than 3 loads per truck) are in the Southern “belly band,” from South Carolina/Georgia, over to California.
May 12, 2016
Business
The flat, van, reefer markets bucking the national downward rate trend in the last week
All equipment types could be getting ready for a rebound. Why? Load availability was up in the largest van freight markets last week, accompanied by a 30 percent increase in reefer freight movements compared to the previous week. Flatbed is also gaining strength.
April 21, 2016
Business
Rates report mixed for March as flatbed, van see small gains, reefer dips
Following big drops in February, per-mile rate averages paid to carriers saw little in the way of a rebound in March, with van and flatbed posting small gains and reefer rates declining further from February’s dip.
April 15, 2016
Business
2015 income: Owner-ops break $60K for first time, adding miles as slow-freight pressures mount
For the first in the 13 years ATBS has been tracking income data, owner-operator clients broke $60,000 in net income in 2015. The 2015 $61,167 income figure is computed as an average among all segments.
April 8, 2016
Business
Spot market volume takes a spring break
At once, in this weekly update, there remains reasons to be optimistic for the uptick in freight/rates that usually runs through June or July in a typical year — also, DAT Trucker app updated at MATS 2016..
March 31, 2016
Business
Spot market van, reefer, flat update: March living up to its name
Here’s the skinny — and more detail on hot markets — on activity and rate movement within the last week in flatbed (up), reefer (up in spots) and van (fairly flat) segments.
March 17, 2016
Overdrive Radio
One independent’s comeback from the brink: A run with Ted Bowers
A rare opportunity to make part of a run with Kingston, Tenn.-based Ted Bowers, owner of the small trucking company that bears his name, yields a story of adversity overcome that holds lessons in the importance of close freight, accounting, driver and other partnerships.
March 15, 2016
Business
Rates took a nosedive in February, major segments drop nearly a dime each
February’s rate declines were the continuation of about a now 18-month-long trend, as flatbed, reefer and van rates have steadily fallen since peaking at record highs in mid-2014. Here are the latest per-mile numbers for each.
March 9, 2016
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